Underwriting
Climate Change Fallout: Floods Pushing Homes Higher, Restricting Access for Disabled
When Superstorm Sandy flooded Liz Treston's home on the South Shore of Long Island, she worried her wheelchair would prevent first responders from rescuing her. So Treston, a quadriplegic, wrote her ...
J&J Can’t Persuade Judge to Set Aside $4.7B Talc Verdict; Appeal to Come
Johnson & Johnson failed to persuade a Missouri trial judge to set aside a July verdict awarding a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's ...
AXIS Estimates Pre-Tax California Wildfire Losses Could Hit $150M
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. predicts between $125 million and $150 million in pre-tax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter stemming primarily from California wildfires. AXIS said that the preliminary ...
J&J Reportedly Moves to Settle Talc Case in Rethink of Legal Strategy
Johnson & Johnson may be sending a peace signal after two years of warring over allegations that its iconic baby powder causes cancer. In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind settlement while ...
Marriott Data Breach Could Cost at Least $200 Million: AIR Worldwide
Marriott International Inc. will be dealing with direct cyber incident losses from its massive data breach of between $200 million and $600 million, according to an AIR Worldwide estimate. Marriott ...
RenRe, Dutch Pension Fund Manager Launch New U.S.-Focused Reinsurer
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. teamed with Dutch pension fund manager PGGM to launch Vermeer Reinsurance Lt., a reinsurer designed to provide capacity focused on risk remote layers in the U.S. ...
At $79B, 2018 Global Insured Losses Hover Near Record Territory: Swiss Re
Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters in 2018 are down from the previous year, but insured losses are hovering near record territory. Swiss Re's latest sigma report calculated an ...
EU Agrees to Sizable Carbon Emissions Reduction Goal for Cars
The European Union agreed on Monday to a goal of cutting carbon emissions from cars by 37.5 percent in a decade, finally settling differences between vehicle-producing countries and ...